Old cracking pick guard
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:42 am
I am doing some restoration work to my first love.
It is a late 1960’s Shaftesbury Telecaster Bass copy. It’s short, 30 inch scale with a crazy narrow neck. Sergio is kindly doing a rewind on the pickup and I may have to source a new pot if I still have a rather bad earth hum after the refitted PUP.
The pick guard it a quite thick 3 ply laminate, a bit like a white Fender, but just a touch thicker. Over nearly 40 years the guard has shrunk a little and begun to crack. It is also quite warped when on the bass and looks a bit wavy, if that makes any sense.
The guard is quite brittle now and I wondered if there was any way to soften it up a little. It’s just that I thought I remembered reading an article in a guitar magazine about sorting out the problem that I have.
Any pointers would be great.
Oh yes, the bass when working well strung with flats gives a very good Fender/Motown thump and will certainly get recorded with if not the odd number live.
It is a late 1960’s Shaftesbury Telecaster Bass copy. It’s short, 30 inch scale with a crazy narrow neck. Sergio is kindly doing a rewind on the pickup and I may have to source a new pot if I still have a rather bad earth hum after the refitted PUP.
The pick guard it a quite thick 3 ply laminate, a bit like a white Fender, but just a touch thicker. Over nearly 40 years the guard has shrunk a little and begun to crack. It is also quite warped when on the bass and looks a bit wavy, if that makes any sense.
The guard is quite brittle now and I wondered if there was any way to soften it up a little. It’s just that I thought I remembered reading an article in a guitar magazine about sorting out the problem that I have.
Any pointers would be great.
Oh yes, the bass when working well strung with flats gives a very good Fender/Motown thump and will certainly get recorded with if not the odd number live.